Our pastor spent the night in the parsonage so we had church. The heavy and wet snow piled up to about 5 inches. Then it was calm and we thought we'd miss the worst of it. But the wind started and brought the light snow to play with it. I shoveled twice at the house and once at the office and then decided I was never going to get ahead of it. That was when the flakes were fat and full of moisture. Good chance that school will be cancelled Monday.

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We have quite a bit of snow but the real problem is the wind moving it around. They say we have about 5 to 8 more inches coming and the wind is suppose to pick up. I am feeling kind of spoiled, sitting in my pajamas today and just "being" in the moment.

My mom and sister have to drive 25 miles one way to get to their job and yep...the paycheck sure gets hit hard with the price of fuel for them.

I have learned over the years that self-employment is a seven day a week job and there is not such thing as an eight hour day. There are days I do wish I could punch a clock and just leave the job at the site and not have it at home.

Vicki

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I wish I could get an office job--that's what I went to college for, but I'm too old. No one wants to hire me, so I'm stuck with a minimum pay job ( with no benefits). Don't know how long I can hold on, as driving 15miles one way is going to be more difficult (money wise) as the gas prices continue to go up.

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There are times I wished I punched a time clock but I am self-employed, so to speak. DH and I run the office and I pay myself enough to pay for the health insurance. The pay is the same whether I work 40 hours or more. There are days when I could set up a bed in the backroom. I like to be busy but sometimes there is so much going on and I just have to step away and leave something for the next day.

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You both make me feel so Blessed to be self-employed. I have easy Co-workers to get along with. Me, myself , and I. The only issues I deal with are my family and friends who seem to think because I work out of my home...I don't work and should be available at the drop of a hat to help them. I have deadlines too and deal with attitude when I have to grow a backbone and say NO to someone when they call.

Sounds like our storm is now suppose to hit by 7 pm tonight and they are saying up to 15 inches of snow for us. I'm ready for it.

Vicki

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Do you think we secretly work at the same place? I'm lucky in that I have an office that I can go to. There is no butt-kissing where I'm at--quite the opposite, as the friction/antagonism is directed towards my boss, who is trying to do her job. The problem is, the "old-timers" don't want to work--they want to waste time socializing with each other, but boy are they quick to throw others under the bus who they think are wasting time. The ringleader of it all is one of the biggest time wasters we have.

And so, I go to my office, do my work in the limited time I have (hours get cut, but my duties don't, so I just have less hours to do the same--and sometimes more--stuff) and it's hard not to be resentful when I'm running around trying to get my stuff done and you walk by these people and they're sitting there shooting the breeze, planning when their next break is.

Then, like you say, it's hard to come home and try to shut my brain off from all that nonsense. Yesterday, I splurged on my eating--not too terribly though--then made myself read a good book. That helped me, but it took several hours to calm my brain down.

oh, I'm so glad to hear that Grimmie--I thought maybe it was just me. I liked my last job, but there was so much favoritism and "butt" kissing. I kept to my job and did my work, but then I was labeled as " not very friendly"--they can sit around and waste time, but I was hired to work. I know what you mean by coming home exhausted and worn out. A person doesn't sleep at night either, because I can't shut my brain off at night--it replays scene after scene.

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence then is not a single act, but a habit." - Aristotle

Don't be content with average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

I'm off to the grocery store later this am to get some essentials. I have today off work, then work Sunday, but it's my part time job which is in town, and I usually walk to that--about 5 blocks, so I won't have to worry about driving in bad weather.

I know what you mean about work issues. We're going through some nasty HR stuff at my current full time job. Problem is, it's not the young people who are complaining. It's the ones who have been there several years--they don't like change, and they dig their heels in with every change. They seem to forget that it's a business, and a tough one at that right now. I come home mentally exhausted, feeling like I've just lived through the movie Mean Girls. So, I try to channel that frustration into my exercise time. And, I try to let God handle it. He's better at those things than I am.

We'll wait and see what happens. I am hoping we'll get more rain than snow. Sorry about the bad work conditions. The work ethic is really different through the younger generations. But you can't teach people who don't want to learn.

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Down here by Yankton, I don't think we'll get much rain or snow. We are so dry. Most people would even take a foot of snow--just to get some moisture. I'm feeling fine, physically, I'm just going through a stretch of bad employee's. I just want to say the heck with it and stay home permanently, but that doesn't pay bills does it?

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence then is not a single act, but a habit." - Aristotle

Don't be content with average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

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